Lucius Cornelius Scipio (consul 259 BC)

Lucius Cornelius Scipio (300 BC-228 BC) was one of the Roman Republic's consuls in 259 BC.

Biography
Lucius Cornelius Scipio was born in 300 BC, the son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and the brother of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina; his sons Publius Cornelius Scipio and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus and his grandsons Scipio Africanus, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica also became famous Roman generals and consuls. As consul in 259 BC, he led the Roman fleet in the capture of Aleria and then Corsica during the First Punic War, although an expedition against Olbia in Sardinia failed. He was elected a censor in 258 BC, and he died in 228 BC.